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Patented Dec. 16, 1947 -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE TOOL Charles'H. Howland-Shearman, deceased, late of Hamden, Conn., by Beatrice Wimer Rowland- Shearman, executrix, Hamden, Conn.

Application October 9, 1944, Serial No. 557,819

' 89 Claims. 1

This invention relates to ma hine tools of the same basic type or class as that disclosed in the Howland-Shearman Patent No. 2,039,842 of May 5, 1936. In general, the machine tool of that patent may. be described as one employing a linkage of the infinite-plane type for developing great power in operating a tool-carrying. ram, the ram operations being much more rapid than those of the ordinary hydraulic press, and there being, on the other hand, such a nice control of the material operated on, and the working parts, that what was a precision tool for metal-working operations, either upon cold or hot metal, was provided.

A general object of the present invention is greatly to improve and simplifythe structur of the machine and increase its productive capacity and enlarge its range of use and enhance its eiiectiveness, convenience of operation and general utility.

Another aim is to provide an improved h ghpower linkage for operating a ram, and more especially it is aimed to provide a ram. stroke of greater amplitude than in previous machines, requiring on the other hand less crank length for I operation of the tractor levers and tool beam.

A further object is to provide improved fracture-proofing means.

Another object is to provide an improved work table and an improved form of work table control.

Other objects of the invention are to provide for the quick changes of tools, to provide for effective micrometric control of the ram stroke, to

' overcome shocks between tool and material, and

also overcome any abrasive chatter or generation of heat, to provide for the quick and easy centralizing of the tools with respect to the ram axis,

to improve the handling facilities of the machine so as to adapt it for operation by ordinary shop workers rather than those of the tool-maker class, and to provide for the machine an improved clutch capable of neutralizing all vibratory shocks and of thus preventing injury either to the product or to the machine.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts and procedures hereinafter described and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine;

Fig, 2 is a side elevation, certain parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view';

Fig. 3 is a somewhat diagrammatic sectional view taken on line li -3 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section with some parts broken away, the section being taken in a plane to illustrate the high-pressure linkage, this linkage being in position for starting a ram stroke, the work table being only partially raised and the fracture proofer being in its elevated or inoperative position;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 -4 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 4 but differing therefrom in some particulars, showing the condition at a certain stage in the working cycle of the press;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 shows on a larger scale certain parts illustrated in Fig. 6, the mechanism being in another position;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical section on line 8-8 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 8 8 and 8 are views showing different stages of the operation on the work in a cold flowing operation, as hereinafter described;

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-9 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 10 is a section on line l0l0 of Fig. 4, the

same being on a larger scale, showing the structure of the platen, the rest plate being removed;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged section on line ll-H of Fig. 1;

Fig. 12 is a section on line l2-I2 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged section on line l3l3 of 2;

Fig. 14 is a section on line l4--|4 of Fig. 13;

Figs. 14 and 14 are sections on lines iM-M and I4 I4 of Fig. 14;

Fig. 14 is a detail section showing one of the gibs at the upper part of the ram;

Fig. 15 is a section on line l5--| 5 of Fig, 4;

Fig. 15 is a section on line IS -45 of Fig.2;

Fig. 15 is a detail section on line l5 |5 f Fig. 15*;

Fig. 16 is a section on line iii-l6 of Fi 15 i1 lustrating the shock-absorbing driving clutch, the latter being in the disengaged position;

Fig. 17 is a section on line ll-l l of Fig. 1;

Fig. 18 is a partial vertical section through the slidable front wall of the ram guide;

Fig. 19 is a section on line l9l9 of Fig, 3, showing the shearing pins in association with the drive shaft;

Fig. 20 is a section on line 20-20 of Fig. 19;

Fig. 21 is a section on line 2l--2l of Fig. 5, certain parts being omitted;

Fig. 22 is a diagrammatic view of the pressure linkage and its operating mechanism;

Fig. 23 is a detail of a member carried by the ram at its lower end;

Fig. 24 is a section on line 24-24 of Fi 16 showing the pawl which prevents rebound of the walls and adjacent the rear part thereof is thecrank shaft and crank by which the linkage is operated. To one side of the the bed plate is the power drive, including an electric motor located toward the front of the-bed plate, a speed-changing gear located beneath the motor, and the necessary'belt drive means, fiywheel, clutch device adapted to connect to and disconnect from the drive means the above-mentioned crank shaftand crank. In association with the ram is a suitable ram guide supported from the framework of the machine. Beneath the ram is located a vertically movable work table carrying at its upper part an independently movable platen in which the die or other tool element cooperating with the ram-carried tool is located. In association with the ram at the exterior thereof is a movably mounted fracture-proofing or stock-protecting element capable of bringing a very considerable pressure on the metal. sheet or other work from above. so as to hold thework firmly against the platen during the stroke of the press. is exerted through the. fracture proofer by the use of an hydraulic pressure element located between the. vertical walls or frame members enclosing the linkage. The crank by which the power'linkage is operated is capable of micrometric adjustment as to length, and the operating device for the adjusting mechanism for the crank and connecting rod is located where it is readily accessible, adjacent the outer face of that wall or upright frame member which is remote from the drive mechanism. At the same side of the machine as the crank-adjusting device is also apart of the actuating mechanism controlled from the crank shaft for lifting or pulsating the work table, and another device at this same side of the machine is a manually operable hydraulic device whereby the platen may be raised relatively to the work table by which itissupported.

. In the drawings the base or bed plate of the machine is indicated at A, the parallel vertical frame walls at B and C, respectively, the highpressure linkage at D, and the ram guide at E, the ram proper being indicated at E. The crank shaft and crank for operating the linkage are indicated respectively at F and G. The power drive, which is shown in Fig. 1 as being to the left of the walls B and C, includes, with other. elements, the electric motor H, the flywheel I,

and the shaft J, the latter being in line with the crank shaft F and carrying at one end a member of a clutch generally indicated at K, this clutch, in the semi-automatic operation of the maclune, being controlled from the front of the machine by a pedal device L. The vertically movable work table beneath the ram is indicated generaly at M, and the independently adjustable platen carried by thetable, at N. The fractureproofer is indicated at 0, and the hydraulic pressure element associated with the and reduction gearing for driving the In this particular machine, pressure.

upright walls and on fractureproofer at P. The operating device for the micrometer crank adjustment is indicated at Q. At R. is indicated a part or the actuating mechanism, including a spring motor, controlled from the crank shaft. for lifting or pulsating the work table, and at S is the manually operable hydraulic device controlling the vertical positioning or set-up of the platen.

The power drive The drive for the shaft J, which may be termed the main shaft, and which has associated with it the clutch K, comes from the electric motor H, which, in the form shown, is arranged toward the front of the machine. Between the motor and the main shaft are provisions by which said shaft is rotated at a suitable reduced speed, and there are provisions also whereby the speed of the main shaft is subject to regulation so that the speed can be nicely controlled. In adjusting the speed, a gear-type transmission of a suitable kind can be employed, and such a trans-. mission is indicated generally in the drawings at:

casing, shown as sub-- 30, the same having. a ported upon the bed plate A, and serving in turn as a mounting for the motor H. The shaft 8! of the motor forming a part of the transmission mechanism so, and another shaft 34, which is a part of the transmission mechanism, has a pulley and belt connection generally indicated at 35, with a large pulley 3b located on a shaft 31, this shaft being the one which carries the flywheel I. Gear transmissions such as used for the regulation of the relative speeds of two shafts are well known in themselves, and it is not deemed necessary to go into the details of the speed-changing means. The operation of the speed-changing means canbe effected in any manner preferred, and in this particular case it is assumed that change of speed can be eflected by adjustment of a hand wheel 38 accessible at the front of the gear box or transmission casing.

The shaft 31, on which the flywheel is mounted, is mounted on the machine bed in suitable bearing members, and at one point in its length carrim a gear pinion 39 meshing with a large gear 40 on shaft J. The clutch K is associated with a portion of shaft J which is extended beyond the inner bearing member for said shaft,

the clutch K being located between such inner bearing member and the adjacent frame wall B of the machine. The movable member of the clutch is connected, as will hereinafter appear, to the shaft F carrying the crank mechanism G, and the crank mechanism G is used for imparting movement to the high-pressure linkage D, as hereinafter described.

As a safety feature, a suitable shear pin device is used, which prevents damage to the drive mechanism of the machine in the event that the ram encounters abnormal resistance. This shear pin device may be associated with the large gear 40, so that in the event of an overload, the connection between the gear and the shaft J will be stripped or severed. The preferred form of the shear pin device is shown in Figs. 19 and 20, and it will be observed that, as shown in these Views, gear 40 has keyed to it and to the shaft J a sleeve 40, the key or spline being shown at 40 Sleeve 40* fits over a bushing 40 surrounding the shaft and keyed to gear Gil by a key 40*. The gear 40 drives through bushing 40, the sleeve member 40 (keyed to the has a belt and pulley connection, in-, dicated generally at 32, with a shaft 33 (Fig. 3 

